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The Auburn University Libraries will maintain Intersession hours through Wednesday, May 17. Regular Summer Semester hours begin on Thursday, May 18. Click on the Library Hours link located in the upper right side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to check on library hours of operation.

Be sure to check library hours of operation during Final Exams May 1 - 5 by clicking on the Hours link located in the top central section of the Auburn University Libraries homepage. Special hours will be in place also for April 28-30 for classes ending and for Study/Reading days. Intersession Hours including Commencements Hours will be in effect May 6 - 17.

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Presented chronologically - from the first photograph taken in the state to the appearance of cameras as ordinary possessions in mid-twentieth century households - this book closely examines a wide spectrum of vernacular photography: Alabama-made photographs of everyday people and places, the photos that fill shoeboxes and dresser drawers, a vast array of images against which Alabama's more familiar iconography can be measured.

Come join us to browse the 2017 Children’s and Young Adults Award Winning Books and the Libraries’ Juvenile Collection!

There will be refreshments along with information about the libraries’ resources for juvenile literature. Book jackets from this year’s and previous years’ award winners will be available free to take on a first come–first serve basis – great for bulletin boards and classroom décor!

Dr. Valerie Pope Burns, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of West Alabama

Date and Time: Thursday, April 6 at 3 p.m.

Location: Ground Floor Auditorium, Ralph Brown Draughon Library

In Visions of the Black Belt, Robin McDonald and Valerie Pope Burns offer a richly illustrated tour of the Black Belt, the fertile arc that represents the cultural efflorescence of Alabama's heartland. Like knowledgeable friends, McDonald and Burns guide readers through the Black Belt's towns and architecture and introduce the region's great panoply of citizens, farmers, craftspeople, cooks, writers, and musicians.

Reception and book signing to follow.

Sponsored by: Auburn University Libraries and Auburn University Department of History.

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Professor Cabanes is a historian of Twentieth-Century Europe, and more specifically, the social and cultural history of war. He is particularly interested in the period of transition that followed World War I. He has analyzed the topic from a variety of angles: the demobilization of combat troops, the traumatic impact of war on soldiers and civilians, a comparative study of the different post-war periods in the Twentieth Century, and, more recently, the environmental history of war and its aftermath.

Sponsored by: Auburn University Libraries.

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Be sure to consult the Library Hours link located in the upper right side of the Auburn University Libraries homepage to determine library hours of operation during the Spring Break period in effect Saturday, March 11 through Saturday, March 18 . Normal hours resume on Sunday, March 19.

Many new titles are arriving this year as part of the Auburn University Libraries Juvenile Award Winner Approval Plan. Currently on display you will see dozens of volumes and dust jackets on the range of shelves that has been installed on the First Floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library just past the New Book Shelves and near the glass elevator atrium.

These books represent the following awards, medals, and honors:

American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults

American Library Association Notable Children’s Books

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (Announced late May)

Caldecott Medal and Honors

Coretta Scott King Book Awards

Edgar Allan Poe Award - Children (Announced in May)

Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Top Ten (YALSA)

Green Earth Book Awards

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Michael L. Printz Award/Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature

Newbery Medal and Honors

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award/Honors for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children

Pura Belpré Award and Honors

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award/Honors

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction

Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal and Honors

USBBY: Outstanding International Book List

YALSA Award and Finalists for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults